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After 3-year absence, Baylor aiming to complete Final Four mission

DALLAS -- Baylor senior Niya Johnson knows all about coming close. She doesn't want to barely miss the Women's Final Four again.

The No. 1 seed Lady Bears will face No. 2 seed Oregon State on Monday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN) for the final ticket to Indianapolis. It will be a lot like a home game for Baylor, whose campus is 90 minutes south of American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas.

Baylor fans are eager to make a return trip to Indianapolis, which is where the Lady Bears won their first NCAA title in 2005. They had a chance to go back to the Final Four in Indy in 2011, but lost the regional final to then-Big 12 rival Texas A&M here in this same arena.